As the title suggests I want to find out if there's a way I can split my steam app folder on to 2 drives, specifically an SSD that I will be putting my OS and most used games and apps and a regular HDD for everything else?

Actually I think it's rather easy, using Link Shell Extension
Put whatever folder or files you want in the new location, then right-click them and choose "pick link source". Then, go to the Steam folder location where those files/folders should be and paste the symbollic link.

ok so for performance. your SSD is your boot/OS drive and you want the most played steam games on that drive and all the others on your standard 7200rpm drive. that makes sense.

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Seems like an easier deal for most as 7200 rpm hard drives are getting so cheap. Just bought the Seagate 1.5 terrabyte drive from the egg for $59.99. Do we really need more than peak read and write of about 120 mb/sec according to Atto? My Steam Account is way too big for SSD and I'm wondering if there is any benefit during gameplay.

Seems like an easier deal for most as 7200 rpm hard drives are getting so cheap. Just bought the Seagate 1.5 terrabyte drive from the egg for $59.99. Do we really need more than peak read and write of about 120 mb/sec according to Atto? My Steam Account is way too big for SSD and I'm wondering if there is any benefit during gameplay.

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none during gameplay. it will load slightly faster though. i mean, if you need to save an extra 5 seconds over the course of an hour of game play then it is the perfect solution.

it's 1 command line command.. and made a significant difference for me playing multiplayer games that have fairly quick map change

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they really are pretty easy, just have the right syntax and replace some words, all set. I have a txt file with the commands to link specific folders saved, so i can just copy/paste after reinstalling windows.

Why not just get one big drive to store all your Steam games? You can then use the free Karen's Replicator backup application to back them up to another big drive.

When you initially install Steam, you simply point it to the drive you want, instead of C. Similarly, moving a Steam install isn't too hard and just involves a client install and a copy operation for the games. I forget the exact details and I'm at work right now, but it's all documented in the Steam FAQ.

I've got many gigs worth of Steam games and this solution works very well for me.